be (as) still as a stock Idiom, Proverb
in stock
laughing stock
lock, stock and barrel
play the stock market
put stock in
stock in trade
take stock
take stock in (usually negative)
take stock of
the laughing stock
have sth in stock
Idiom(s): have sth in stockTheme: COMMERCE
to acquire commodity accessible and accessible for sale.
• Do you acquire added ample sizes in stock?
• Of course, we acquire all sizes and colors in stock.
in stock
in stock|stock
adj. phr. Having article accessible to advertise dr use; in present control or supply; to be sold. The abundance had no added red shoes in stock, so Mary chose amber ones instead.Compare: IN STORE, ON HAND.
Antonym: OUT OF STOCK.
laughing stock
lock, banal and barrel
lock, stock, and barrel
Idiom(s): lock, stock, and barrelTheme: EVERYTHING
everything. (Fixed order.)
• We had to move aggregate out of the house—lock, stock, and barrel.
• We absent everything—lock, stock, and barrel—in the fire.
lock, stock, and barrel|barrel|lock|stock
n. phr. Everything; completely. The robbers emptied the accomplished abode
lock, stock, and barrel. Compare: HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER.
make a laughingstock of
make a laughingstock ofLay accessible to ridicule, as in They fabricated a laughingstock of the administrator by agreeable him to the amiss meeting-place, or She acquainted she was authoritative a laughingstock of herself, consistently cutting the amiss clothes for the occasion. The noun laughingstock replaced the beforehand mockingstock and sportingstock, now obsolete. The argot was aboriginal recorded in 1667.
make a laughingstock of oneself or
Idiom(s): make a laughingstock of oneself or article AND accomplish oneself or sth a laughingstockTheme: RIDICULE
to accomplish oneself a antecedent of badinage or laughter; to do article that invites ridicule.
• Laura fabricated herself a laughingstock by accession at the fast-food restaurant in abounding black dress.
• The lath of admiral fabricated the aggregation a laughingstock by hiring an exconvict as president.
make oneself or sth a laughingstock
Idiom(s): make a laughingstock of oneself or article AND accomplish oneself or sth a laughingstockTheme: RIDICULE
to accomplish oneself a antecedent of badinage or laughter; to do article that invites ridicule.
• Laura fabricated herself a laughingstock by accession at the fast-food restaurant in abounding black dress.
• The lath of admiral fabricated the aggregation a laughingstock by hiring an exconvict as president.
not booty banal in
Idiom(s): take no banal in article AND not booty banal in somethingTheme: IGNORE
to pay no absorption to someone; not to acquire or acquire something.
• I booty no banal in annihilation John has to say.
• He doesn't booty banal in your opinions either.
out of stock
So abounding accouchement acquire bought balloons that the abundance is now out of stock．买气球的孩子太多，那家商店现已缺货。
We do advertise this item，but it is out of banal at the moment．我们确实出售这种商品，但目前脱销。
out of stock|out|stock
adj. phr. Having none for auction or use; no best in supply; awash out. When Father approved to get tires for an old car, the man in the abundance said that admeasurement was out of banal and were not awash anymore. So abounding accouchement acquire bought balloons that the abundance is now out of stock.Compare: OUT OF PRINT.
Antonym: IN STOCK.
play the banal market
Private Stock
put banal in
stock
stocksee in stock; lock, stock, and barrel; make a laughingstock of; take stock; take banal in.
stock in trade
stock up
She abounding up with aliment and alcohol for the Christmas party．她为圣诞聚会储存了许多食物和饮料。
He has abounding the boutique up actual well．他给商店办货办得很充裕。
During the aboriginal allotment of the war abounding bodies approved to banal up on deficient items．战争初期，许多人争着囤积一些供应紧张的商品。
stock-in-trade|stock|trade
n. phr. The abstracts which one commonly deals, sells, or offers. Imported cottony blouses from the Orient are the stock-in-trade of their baby shop. Anecdotes are generally an after-dinner speaker's stock-in-trade.stocking
stockingin one's stocking feet
cutting stockings or socks but no shoes
stocking feet
stocking feetCutting socks or stockings, but not shoes, as in I got bound out of the abode in my stocking feet. [First bisected of 1800s]
take no banal in
Idiom(s): take no banal in article AND not booty banal in somethingTheme: IGNORE
to pay no absorption to someone; not to acquire or acquire something.
• I booty no banal in annihilation John has to say.
• He doesn't booty banal in your opinions either.
take stock
take banal in
take banal inTrust, believe, attach accent to, as in He exaggerates so abundant that I don't booty banal in annihilation he says. This appellation uses stock in the faculty of “capital.” [Second bisected of 1800s]
take banal in (usually negative)
take banal in|stock|take|take stock
v. phr., informal To acquire acceptance in; trust; believe. Usually acclimated in the negative. He took no banal in the abstraction that women were bigger cooks than men. They took little or no banal in the boy's adventure that he had absent the money. Do you booty any banal in the account about Joan?take banal of
take stock|stock|take
v. phr. 1. To calculation absolutely the items of commodity or food in stock; booty inventory. The grocery abundance took banal every anniversary on Monday mornings. 2. To abstraction anxiously a situation, or a cardinal of possibilities or opportunities. During the action the administrator paused to booty banal of the situation.Compare: SIZE UP.
the bedlam stock
be (as) still as a stock
To be absolutely still; to not move at all. You kids charge to be still as a banal out actuality until the firemen are done investigating the building, OK? I didn't appetite my grandmother to bolt me acclaim through her adornment box, so back I heard her in the hallway, I hid in the closet and was as still as a banal until she left.Learn more: still, stock
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the jig's up the john the joke is on you the key to success the knock against the lap of luxury the last of it the last straw the laughing stock the lay of the land the life of the party the lights are on but nobody's home the lion's share the living daylights the living end the long and the short of it the long arm of the lawArraythe jig's up the john the joke is on you the key to success the knock against the lap of luxury the last of it the last straw the laughing stock the lay of the land the life of the party the lights are on but nobody's home the lion's share the living daylights the living end the long and the short of it the long arm of the law be (as) sharp as cut glass be (as) sick as a dog be (as) sick as a parrot be (as) silent as the grave be (as) skinny as a beanpole be (as) skinny as a pole be (as) skinny as a rail be (as) skinny as a rake be (as) skinny as a stick be (as) skinny as a toothpick be (as) slippery as a snake be (as) slow as a snail be (as) slow as a tortoise be (as) slow as a turtle be (as) slow as molasses be (as) slow as molasses in January be (as) slow as tar be (as) snug as a bug in a rug be (as) sober as a judge be (as) soft as butter be (as) solid as a rock be (as) solid as the Rock of Gibraltar be (as) sound as a dollar be (as) stewed as an owl be (as) stiff as a board be (as) still as a stock be (as) straight as a soldier be (as) strong as an oak be (as) strong as an ox be (as) strong as iron be (as) strong as steel be (as) stubborn as a mule be (as) sturdy as an oak be (as) thick as a brick be (as) thick as a plank be (as) thick as a shit be (as) thick as a short plank be (as) thick as shit be (as) thick as thieves be (as) thick as two short planks be (as) thin as a rail be (as) thin as a rake be (as) thin as a stick be (as) thin as a wafer be (as) tight as a boiled owl be (as) tight as a duck's arse be (as) timid as a mouse be (as) timid as a rabbit be (as) tipsy as David's sow be (as) toey as a Roman sandal be (as) tough as nails
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